Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? I roused you under the apple tree; there your mother conceived you; there she travailed and brought you forth.

This is the word of the LORD, your Maker, who formed you from the womb and who will help you: “Do not be afraid, O Jacob My servant, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.

Listen to Me, O islands; pay attention, O distant peoples: The LORD called Me from the womb; from the body of My mother He named Me.

“O house of Israel, declares the LORD, can I not treat you as this potter treats his clay? Just like clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel.

Return the sword to its sheath! In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin, I will judge you.

For as soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.

At that time Moses was born, and he was beautiful in the sight of God. For three months he was nurtured in his father’s house.

But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleased